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No, it is indicative of an force getting increasingly outnumbered. It shows nothing about fighting prowess. In fact, the CSA won or tied far more battles than they lost.
The Confederate flag is from a foreign nation that we successfully conquered. All the other stuff notwithstanding, why would we (read: our government) want to celebrate that?
The confederacy compares to it. The entire reason for the confederacy was the attempt to preserve the institution that enslaved millions. That is about as evil of a cause as you could come up with. I love the south but in my opinion there should not even be a single memorial for a confederate soldier. The Civil War is a shame upon the South just like the Nazi era is a shame upon Germany.
Korea was no tie... if you don't win you lose. Mexico? Maybe but not that impressive. The Brits burned the White House... that is a loss for that alone.
Native Americans? Not much of a war. We never even fielded an army.... just army units here and there.
Acutally the Swastica has been around for 12,000 years and is a symbol of prosperity, heaven, bounty and peace, among other things. Only on the Nazi flag does it represent hate.
that makes no sense
But we live now. What meaning it have however many years ago is no longer relevant to the majority of people
that makes no sense
True. But it represents those things and condoning it's presence indirectly endorses that ideology in the eyes of many people it also can be seen as the dismissal of a pretty profound injustice.
But we live now. What meaning it have however many years ago is no longer relevant to the majority of people
Looks like the Left found something to divert attention away from Obama's ****ed up administration.
it's interesting that the Swastika existed for thousands of years before Hitler came along... and he ruined utterly ruined it ( for now).
it's a really cool symbol... and i hope someday someone takes that power that Hitler still holds over people and revives the symbol into something better.
or we can be juvenile about it and cast it away for ever and ever ,amen... as if doing away with the symbol magically solves problems.
I agree about the Native Americans and the War of 1812, but the Mexican victory took real skill. A small US army landed on the Mexican coast, then marched inward to Mexico City. Not only did this small force beat every Mexican field force, but US leaders skillfully exploited social divisions regarding Mexican identity. They also wisely left Mexico proper before the endless guerilla war started.
What matters more? 'Fighting prowess'? Or winning the WAR?
IF the confederate soldiers had actually some supreme fighting prowess(or strategy), being outnumbered would not have mattered.
Acutally the Swastica has been around for 12,000 years and is a symbol of prosperity, heaven, bounty and peace, among other things. Only on the Nazi flag does it represent hate.
You should try and reverse that trend. Go as a visitor with a swastika on your tee shirt into an US military base.
But to most people - that's what it represents. Most people don't realize that it's been around for 12,000 years. They see a swastika, and they see genocide and Nazi death camps.
It doesn't matter what it started out meaning. What matters is how it is viewed now, in my opinion. Groups take symbols and turn them into images of hate, and that's what has happened with the swastika.
The Confederate flag, though, has always been a symbol of hate and divisiveness.
why not pull the US flag down then?.. American Indians have that flag thrown their face all the time... aren't they worth consideration?
it's interesting that the Swastika existed for thousands of years before Hitler came along... and he ruined utterly ruined it ( for now).
it's a really cool symbol... and i hope someday someone takes that power that Hitler still holds over people and revives the symbol into something better.
or we can be juvenile about it and cast it away for ever and ever ,amen... as if doing away with the symbol magically solves problems.
I'm too old to be a trendsetter....besides, this guy is already way a ahead of any of us.....
https://www.vice.com/read/manwoman-is-taking-back-the-swastika
The American flag means much more than what happened to Native Americans. Much more.
Confederate flags mean one thing, and one thing only, and to continually fly it regardless of who it hurts or offends speaks more of issues with people who want the flag to remain, than with those of us who want it removed.
To perhaps a couple billion people TODAY that swastica represents prosperity, heaven, bounty and peace, among other things, as I said.
Looks like the Left found something to divert attention away from Obama's ****ed up administration.
I have never seen the Confederate Flag as one of hate and I know my history...
The American flag means much more than what happened to Native Americans. Much more.
Confederate flags mean one thing, and one thing only, and to continually fly it regardless of who it hurts or offends speaks more of issues with people who want the flag to remain, than with those of us who want it removed.
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